My First White Heron

[Flying Panda]

JT

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice first pic of one, congrats!

 

[Winona]

Nice.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I bet you were as excited as I was the first time I got one. Nice job!

 

[Jeff1582 82]

Good shot, it looks like an Egret..................

 

[CherylL]

Beautiful!

 

[photoflyer]

West VA? I'm in VA so maybe there is a chance one day.

 

[Flying Panda]

Good shot, it looks like an Egret..................

@Jeff15 - I have a bird book but it is an old 1977 edition and the identification photos are not that great. In my book the White Heron and White Egret looked the same to me. How can you tell the difference?

 

[photoflyer]

I have a bird book but it is an old 1977 edition and the identification photos are not that great. In my book the White Heron and White Egret looked the same to me. How can you tell the difference?

One of my bird books suggested that it is two names for the same bird. I will be interested to know if that is indeed the case. Actually I think I saw this on the Audubon web site.

 

[photoflyer]

One of my bird books suggested that it is two names for the same bird. I will be interested to know if that is indeed the case. Actually I think I saw this on the Audubon web site.

I stand corrected.

How to Identify White Herons—Excerpt from "Better Birding" Book

 

[Flying Panda]

I stand corrected.

How to Identify White Herons—Excerpt from "Better Birding" Book

Thank you Mike for that information. After reading that article and blowing up my original I have come to the conclusion that Jeff15 is correct. It is an Egret. The Great Egret to be more specific.